This book pioneered the Christian men's movement. In an era when masculinity is often dismissed as violent, destructive, and at best, unnecessary, Dalbey calls for a renewal of godly courage and strength in men as lover of a woman, father, worker, warrior, and church member.

Every man starts life with a natural, life-or-death dependency upon the woman in his mother's womb. In order to grow into manhood, the boy needs a father to call him away from the woman into the company of men. Men today can't do that for their sons, however, because their own fathers did not do it for them. This deep wound of abandonment festers in the masculine soul.

This book offers men new hope for walking in true manliness by yielding at last to God as Father--who in Jesus has shown all men the way to Himself, and to other men. Includes:

- An African rite of passage, and a Christian adaptation. - A WWII soldier reflects on "the spiritual emptiness and inner hunger that impels many men toward combat" - A man's fiance leaves him--because she needed strength from him. - A man realizes his struggle with sexual confusion is rooted in his longing for Dad - Why men don't go to church

Small-group discussion questions at the end of each chapter make this a valuable tool for healing together with other men.